Pakistani spies in India: Surveillance has increased on espionage activities in India in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.
Indian authorities have arrested at least eight people from across three states for allegedly spying for Pakistan amid increased surveillance on espionage activities in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. At least four of these arrests were made in Haryana, three in Punjab, and one in Uttar Pradesh.
After the arrest of a travel vlogger suspected of spying, Hisar police had sounded an alarm that young influencers were being targeted by enemy countries. For easy money, such influencers go on the wrong path, Hisar SP Shashank Kumar Sawan had told reporters.
Travel vlogger Jyoti Malhotra, who runs a YouTube channel called ‘Travel with JO’, is from Hisar, Haryana. She was arrested last week for sharing Indian military information with Pakistan. The 33-year-old had come in contact with an official from the Pakistan High Commission and had visited Pakistan at least twice, said police. Pakistani intelligence operatives were trying to develop her as their asset in India, they added.
Davendra Singh Dhillon, 25, is a student of political science at Khalsa College in Patiala. On May 12, he was arrested in Haryana’s Kaithal for uploading photos of a pistol and guns on Facebook. It emerged during his questioning that he had visited Pakistan last November and had shared sensitive information with the officers of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency, including pictures of the Patiala military cantonment.
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